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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, Ideology Materialized.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Debord say the spectacle originated?
(a) America.
(b) Greece.
(c) Rome.
(d) England.

2. What does the spectacle monopolize, according to thesis 12?
(a) Political power.
(b) Realm of fantasy.
(c) Realm of appearance.
(d) Economic power.

3. What does an economic system founded on separation lead to, according to Chapter 1?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Insubordination.
(c) Proletarianization.
(d) Bondage.

4. According to thesis 44, the spectacle is a permanent _________ war.
(a) Theoretical.
(b) Consumer.
(c) Opium.
(d) World.

5. The spectacle preserves both materialism and ___________, in Debord's opinion.
(a) Freedom.
(b) Idealism.
(c) Culture.
(d) Politics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cyclical time is rooted in what kind of labor in Chapter 5?

2. According to thesis 42, the entirety of what is transformed into the total commodity?

3. Who does Debord believe urbanism effectively and dangerously masses together?

4. The religious appeal to God is analogous to the peasant appeal to the ______, according to Chapter 5.

5. According to Debord, each new product is supposed to offer a shortcut to the promised land of what?

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